STATE STATUTES & CODES

WEST VIRGINIA STATUTES AND CODES

CHAPTER 5B. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1985

• §5B-1-1 Department of Commerce; office of Secretary of Department of Commerce.
• §5B-1-1a Marketing and Communications Office.
• §5B-1-2 Agencies, boards, commissions, divisions and offices comprising the Department of Commerce.
• §5B-1-3 Powers and duties of secretary, administrators, division heads and employees.
• §5B-1-4 Reports by secretary.
• §5B-1-5 Delegation of powers and duties by secretary.
• §5B-1-6 Confidentiality of information.
• §5B-1-7 Right of appeal from interference with functioning of agency.
• §5B-1A-1 Purpose.
• §5B-1A-2 Rails to trails program.
• §5B-1A-3 Definitions.
• §5B-1A-4 Powers and duties of the authority.
• §5B-1A-5 Powers to hold and acquire real property.
• §5B-1A-6 Abandoned rights-of-way owned by the state prior to effective date of article.
• §5B-1A-7 Railroad rights-of-way preservation.
• §5B-1A-8 Limitation on liability of owner from whom state acquires land or interest therein.
• §5B-1A-9 Limitation on liability of persons making land available for trail use without charge.
• §5B-2-1 West Virginia development office; confidentiality.
• §5B-2-2 Council for Community and Economic Development; members, appointment and expenses; meetings; appointment and compensation of director.
• §5B-2-3 Powers and duties of council for community and economic development.
• §5B-2-3a Advertising and promotion reports; reporting same to Legislature.
• §5B-2-3b Development office promotion fund.
• §5B-2-4 Public-private partnerships.
• §5B-2-4a State allocation to regional councils.
• §5B-2-5 Economic development representatives.
• §5B-2-6 Transition; savings provision.
• §5B-2-6a Brownfield economic development districts; applications; fees; rules.
• §5B-2-6b Repealed
• §5B-2-6c Repealed
• §5B-2-6d Repealed
• §5B-2-6e Repealed
• §5B-2-7 Staff reorganization.
• §5B-2-8 Division of Tourism and Tourism Commission created; members, appointment and expenses.
• §5B-2-9 Powers and duties of tourism commission.
• §5B-2-10 Program and policy action statement; submission to joint committee on government and finance.
• §5B-2-11 Public private partnerships.
• §5B-2-12 Tourism Promotion Fund created; use of funds.
• §5B-2-12a Tourism fund support for 2004 Pete Dye West Virginia Classic in Harrison County.
• §5B-2-13 Tourism Commission continued.
• §5B-2-14 Certified development community program.
• §5B-2A-1 Legislative findings and declaration.
• §5B-2A-2 Application of article.
• §5B-2A-3 Definitions.
• §5B-2A-4 Office of Coalfield Community Development.
• §5B-2A-5 Powers and duties.
• §5B-2A-6 Community impact statement.
• §5B-2A-7 Repealed
• §5B-2A-8 Determining and developing needed community assets.
• §5B-2A-9 Securing developable land and infrastructure.
• §5B-2A-10 Action report; annual update.
• §5B-2A-11 Land acquisitions.
• §5B-2A-12 Rulemaking.
• §5B-2A-13 Continuation of office.
• §5B-2B-1 Short title.
• §5B-2B-2 Definitions.
• §5B-2B-3 West Virginia Workforce Investment Council; membership of Board; meetings; quorum requirements.
• §5B-2B-4 Duties of the Workforce Investment Council.
• §5B-2B-5 State agencies.
• §5B-2B-6 Administration of council.
• §5B-2B-7 Legislative oversight commission on workforce investment for economic development.
• §5B-2B-8 Powers and duties of the commission.
• §5B-2B-9 Coordination between agencies providing workforce investment programs, local workforce investment boards and the Executive Director of Workforce West Virginia.
• §5B-2C-1 Legislative purpose.
• §5B-2C-2 West Virginia academy of science and technology; composition; creation of council, appointment and terms; expenses; selection of chairperson; quorum; meetings.
• §5B-2C-3 Executive director; powers and duties; compensation; expenses.
• §5B-2C-4 Powers and duties of the council of the academy of science and technology.
• §5B-2C-5 Fellows of the academy of science and technology
• §5B-2C-6 Periodic reports.
• §5B-2C-7 Confidentiality of contributed material.
• §5B-2C-8 Continuation of the academy.
• §5B-2D-1 Short title.
• §5B-2D-2 Definitions.
• §5B-2D-3 Training program.
• §5B-2D-4 Funds.
• §5B-2D-5 Program activities.
• §5B-2D-6 Reporting.
• §5B-2D-7 Marketing.
• §5B-2D-8 Repealed
• §5B-2E-1 West Virginia Tourism Development Act.
• §5B-2E-2 Legislative findings.
• §5B-2E-3 Definitions.
• §5B-2E-4 Additional powers and duties of the development office.
• §5B-2E-5 Project application; evaluation standards; consulting services; preliminary and final approval of projects.
• §5B-2E-6 Agreement between development office and approved company.
• §5B-2E-7 Amount of credit allowed for tourism development project; approved projects.
• §5B-2E-7a Amount of credit allowed for tourism development expansion project; approved projects.
• §5B-2E-8 Forfeiture of unused tax credits; credit recapture; recapture tax imposed; information required to be submitted annually to development office; transfer of tax credits to successors.
• §5B-2E-9 Promulgation of rules.
• §5B-2E-11 Termination.
• §5B-2F-1 Short title.
• §5B-2F-2 Purpose; office of Director for Energy Development; director to be member of Public Energy Authority; division to develop energy policy and development plan; contents of energy policy and dev
• §5B-2G-1 Short title.
• §5B-2G-2 Legislative findings and purpose.
• §5B-2G-3 West Virginia Outdoor Heritage Conservation Fund - Established.
• §5B-2G-4 West Virginia Outdoor Heritage Conservation Fund - Board of trustees.
• §5B-2G-5 West Virginia Outdoor Heritage Conservation Fund - Powers.
• §5B-2G-6 West Virginia Outdoor Heritage Conservation Fund - Duties.
• §5B-2G-7 Definitions.
• §5B-2G-8 Funding of land conservation; issuance of revenue bonds.
• §5B-2G-9 Grants for land conservation; application; criteria.
• §5B-3-1 Legislative intent.
• §5B-3-2 Creation of the joint commission on economic development.
• §5B-3-3 Reexamination of vision and goals.
• §5B-3-4 Commission review of procedural rules, interpretive rules and existing legislative rules.
• §5B-3-5 Joint Commission on Economic Development Studies.
• §1675B-4-1to5B-4-6 Repealed
• §1675B-5-1to5B-5-7 Repealed
• §1675B-6-1to5B-6-5 Repealed
• §5B-7-1 Definitions.
• §5B-7-2 Allocation of volume cap for recovery zone bonds; obligations not debt of state.
• §5B-7-3 Certification and waiver of volume cap allocation.
• §5B-7-4 Reallocation of volume cap.
• §5B-7-5 Suballocation of volume cap by counties; counties authorized to take action to issue recovery zone bonds.